Steven Alan Owen, an osteopathic doctor and surgeon who practices at Mason Family Medicine PLLC, prescribed opioids and other controlled substances for no medical reason, the state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs said.

The summary suspension is an emergency order and is not a final determination of a health code violation, the agency said in a news release.

Owen did not immediately return a phone message left for him at the Mason clinic. He has 30 days to answer the new complaint in writing, according to the complaint.

In a seven-count administrative complaint dated Feb. 26, LARA said two undercover investigators posing as patients received controlled substances from Owen even though they never indicated they were in pain.

Owen told one of the investigators he was not in pain and just liked the way he felt after taking the medication, according to the complaint. The other investigator told Owen she liked to "party and drink alcohol" with her medication.

To that, Owen said, "Oh, God, yeah man," LARA said.

An expert who reviewed the surveillance materials and medical files said Owen's actions were not in line with common medical practice. The expert said the doctor didn't try to determine the cause of the patient's pain and fabricated diagnoses to justify prescribing controlled substances.

The expert also reviewed records for a patient of Owen's who died in May 2017 after taking a combination of drugs Owen had prescribed for her.

LARA said it filed a complaint against Owen in October 2016 alleging he had prescribed controlled substances to patients without appropriate documentation of exams, tests, studies and monitoring.

Owen settled the complaint in August 2017 and was placed on probation for 18 months. But he failed to comply with the terms of the consent order and continued practicing, LARA said.

Contact Ken Palmer at (517) 377-1032 or kpalmer@lsj.com. Follow him on Twitter @KBPalm_lsj.